This Omega Constellation in solid gold, reference BA 163.001, is in perfect condition, with an extremely nice dial and a perfect solid gold case and caseback. The black hands and the black markers have no defect.
It is fitted with the famous self-winding 712 caliber, which is Chronometer certified.
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This Omega Constellation in solid gold, reference BA 163.001, is in perfect condition, with an extremely nice dial and a perfect solid gold case and caseback. The black hands and the black markers have no defect.
It is fitted with the famous self-winding 712 caliber, which is Chronometer certified.
The story of the Omega Constellation begins in 1948. That year, the company celebrated its 100th anniversary – the company that was to become Omega, La Generale Watch Company, was founded in 1848 by Louis Brandt, and became Louis Brandt et Frère-Omega Watch & Co. in 1903. To mark the occasion, Omega produced a watch pragmatically named the Centenary. The Centenary was so successful that Omega decided to create a collection based on it. This was the Constellation, first introduced in 1952.
The Constellation got its name from the emblem on the caseback, which showed an observatory with eight stars above it. The eight stars symbolize two chronometer records, and six first-place awards that Omega earned between 1933 and 1952. One of the most distinctive features of many earlier Constellation watches was the distinctive faceted convex dial, called a “pie-pan dial”. Omega’s first Constellations used bumper rotor automatic movements (calibers 351, 352, and 354).
Through the 1960s, the Omega Constellation models began to take on simpler dial designs, but also a wider variety of case shapes, and new calibers.
In 1848, Louis Brandt founded a company in La Chaux-de-Fonds which would become Omega. In the 1880s, the Louis Brandt & Fils company moved to its current site in Bienne and in 1894 the caliber Omega was created, which would give its name to the company. Renowned for its precise, innovative and affordable watches, it became the largest supplier of watches to the British Army during World War II. It also became the first company to time the Olympic Games in 1932. Among its range of numerous professional watches, the Speedmaster became the first watch worn on the moon in 1969.
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